What a wonderful turnout; what a wonderful show. No SOS on the preschool front, the kids performed splendidly!
Enjoy these photos of your little Santa’s
Take a look at these from Fri, Dec 12
Grandparent’s Day
Thanks for all your support! We’re blessed to have such a lovely lot of children this year. God bless & we wish you a Merry Christmas!
Room 1
Grandparent’s Day (Dec 12)
Happy Birthday Jesus (Dec 13)
⭐️ HBJ ⭐️
Whether you’re just stopping by or a parent volunteer, we look forward to seeing you before the Christmas performance on Saturday. Please arrive at or after 10 a.m. to join the fun, crafts, and Christmas magic.
Arrival window and crafts 10 a.m. till 10:45 a.m
Program begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 12 p.m.
⭐️ GD ⭐️
Grandparent’s Day – minimum day!
We’ll perform for the grandparents at 9 a.m. and go home at 12 p.m.
Here are some things we’ve been up to recently:
• Things to keep in mind and look forward to:
⭐️ PJ & Hot Cocoa Day – Thurs, Dec 18 and Fri, Dec 19
Please send your child to school dressed in festive, comfortable pajamas and ready for hot chocolate, Christmas movies, and more!
Friday, Dec 19, also the last day of school before break, is a minimum day.
⭐️ Christmas Break – Mon, Dec 22 to Fri, Jan 2
Merry Christmas!
We’ve been all over the place this week: outside soaking up the sun on Ms. Gwen’s and Ms. Liah’s patio; running around on the big field; and visiting our campus library for the very first time!
Here we have a small group activity where our students practice drawing ovals, circles, and lines, and predominantly ovals. They were asked probing questions like: what shape is an oval? (General answers from students: “A long circle!” or “A football!”). Ms. Alyisa ran this activity and had fun drawing her own pictures to inspire the kids. (See sun with sunglasses for reference.) Much fruitful thought and conversation was had!
Here’s another small group activity featuring porridge! AKA oatmeal. This activity was a blast and they loved oatmeal! If your child asks for oatmeal, ask Alyisa for the recipe. She used maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla, and lots of love.
This is an outdoor activity set up by Ms. Liah. This sensory bin merely started with hay and soil, and now it’s an ecosystem! The kids found some carrots from last week’s Carrot Hunt activity and added it to this new one. The kids added bugs, animals, and more.
Everything below was captured out on Ms. Gwen’s patio. She always does such a fine job thinking up projects and cute crafts for our young minds. Thank you, Ms. Gwen!
And finally, our rainy day play! Rainy day schedule is kind of difficult for them, and us teachers! No outside time, no running or yelling or soaking up sunshine. But Room 1 did an excellent job today, going with the flow, reading many stories and playing along with one another.
Below are more photos. Consult your child for more details!
As adults, we’re so immune to everything (“we’ve seen it all”) but these kids are experiencing everything for the first time! They truly have a wonder about them that we are severely lacking. Oh, that God has given us children to remind us how great life and creation is!
We have chosen some new table top and small group activities, all of which will serve to improve our students gross and fine motor skills, including, but not limited to, free water color painting, Legos, and spelling the letters of their names in table salt.
And speaking of spelling the letters of their names, Ms. Kira has set out sign-in sheets for our kids to practice recognizing and tracing their own name in the mornings when parents first come in to drop off their kids. They’ll find their names directly behind the sign-in area.
All this in preparation for kindergarten. We want nothing less than for our students to leave here ready for and able to succeed in kindergarten.
We’re fostering the spirit of curiosity in our students, not snuffing it out. Their creativity and imaginative are encouraged. As you can see, there are no boundaries, no barriers, no wrong answers.
Things to ask your child today:
Have a nice Monday!
Oct 30: Apple Day
Today is Apple Day, which marks the first festivity and parent helper of the year. Our students witnessed the arduous task of making apple sauce, molded their own apples out of modeling clay, and ran freely outside in the warm autumn sunshine, among other things.
Overall, Apple Day was a success and the applesauce was a hit, albeit a tad cumbersome.
Oct 31: Pumpkin Day
The kids arrived at school excitable and ready for the day! Today’s agenda: pumpkin spice pancakes with Ms. Kira (spoiler: they were delicious), adorn miniature pumpkins with tissue paper using a paint brush and glue solution, and read some stories about spooky underwear and big green monsters.
See tissue covered pumpkins below.
A friend brought a book in today called: “Creepy Pair of Underwear” and “Room on the Broom,” and below you’ll see a parent reading it aloud to the kids. They were enthralled, not only by the book but his animation! Infliction and humor will get you very far with this bunch.
Pancakes! These were a hit, as they were sure to be! Groups of 6 got to assist Ms. Kira in making the batter and she whipped them up lickety-split! Our little chefs waited eagerly and got to have a pancake with some pumpkin butter and maple syrup. I didn’t get any pictures because I was eating them too. They were delightful: warm and cinnamon-ey, perfect for the season.
Happy Friday!
“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.”
Psalms 145:1-3 NIV
The classroom has shifted into something quite magical — we have reached a standstill, an eery calm. The students know what is expected of them, and their execution of these expectations has (nearly) become second nature. Hark, we have become a well-oiled machine!
We look forward, our eyes set on the rest of the Fall season: Apple & Pumpkin Days (with treats), Stone Soup Day (also Thanksgiving), and Happy Birthday Jesus (singing in harmony on stage with synchronized hand movements).
Here are some pictures from October, please take a glance.
All of these disjointed photos are from various places around our little planet. Some are taken out on Ms. Liah’s patio, others out on the pavement of the preschool parking lot where the police officers gave their presentation on general safety, and others on Ms. Gwen’s yard.
Don’t forget to ask your child:
Having the firefighters visit the preschool was such a treat and a great introduction to Fall. The kids had a blast learning fun facts (e.g., firefighters won’t go into a burning building to save pets) and answering some questions (e.g., what 3 numbers do you dial to reach firefighters?) about firefighting.
The firefighters allowed each and every student to try out the fire house!
On Friday, the firefighters picked a teacher volunteer to try on the fire suit. That’s Ms. Silvia above. (The kids learned that firefighters have to put on their suit in one minute or less.)
Thank you Pasadena Fire Department!
Today’s small groups were a mix of gross and fine motor activity, what with using scissors to cut along dotted lines, free drawing, and building Dixie towers and fortresses, the kids had loads of fun stacking, cutting, and doodling.
This week’s activity consists of . . . with the following teachers leading each section . . .
Journals: “Letter C” & Bible: “Joseph Forgives” – Ms. Kira, Turquoise Butterflies
Lang. & Lit.: “Stacking Cups” & H.E.A: Activity pgs. 1 & 2 – Ms. Alyisa, Pink Unicorns
Ms. Ray: Math & Cog.: “Cutting and Counting Line” & Fine Motor: “Color Mixing w/ Eyedropper” – Ms. Ray, Purple Dragons
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